Tax Supervisor

Tax Supervisor

At MGO, we put human care first. As a top CPA and advisory firm serving clients across the U.S. and internationally, we help innovative organizations navigate complex business challenges while fostering an inclusive, collaborative, and growth-oriented culture.

We are seeking a Tax Supervisor to join our core tax team.

MGO is growing and we need an experienced, motivated, and dedicated Tax Supervisor to join our growing tax practice.

Under broad supervision, the Tax Supervisor performs advanced accounting functions related to tax specifications. Employees in this job class plan, budget and execute engagements and delegate work to lower level staff. This job class requires knowledge of intermediate accounting and/or tax principals of which would be derived from several years of experience as a Senior Associate and the ability to assign work, manage progress and meet deadlines. The Supervisor is responsible for utilizing research skills, applying tax foundational knowledge to understand potential tax issues, gathering client information necessary for filing, participating in tax planning, recognizing and communicating potential risks, preparing tax accrual workpapers and working with tax software applications to complete tax returns for review.

• Prepare engagement work papers and returns for tax clients across a variety of industries
• Research tax issues
• Recognize potential problems within engagements and discuss these with the manager or partner
• Prepare tax projections
• Prepare tax planning assignments
• Prepare other tax consulting projects, as needed
• Identify key issues facing clients and discuss possible solutions to increase quality and efficiency.
• Maintain a command of GAAP, GAAS, and any other common audit/tax techniques.
• Exhibit strong communications skills (verbal; written; presentation) with lower level associates, management/partners, and clients.
• Provide timely performance and behavior feedback to lower level associates via verbal discussions and/or evaluations.
• Communicate with manager regarding work-loads and project status
• Assist on other non-tax work in offseason such as financial statement compilations, reviews, and audits

Minimum Qualifications:

• 3-4 years of tax experience in public accounting is required
• HNW/UHNW or private client services tax experience is a huge plus
• Experience preparing engagement work papers and tax returns for tax clients (Individual, S-Corp, and Partnership returns) strongly preferred
• Bachelor's in accounting required, Masters in Tax preferred
• CPA License required
• Knowledge of CCH Axcess or ProSystems is a plus

Salary: $110,000 - $130,000 + comprehensive benefits package